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My great-great-grandmother had 5 illegitimate children in total, all with different fathers I think. She was in service in various places so her parents took in 3 but clearly refused at the fourth as she moved away. The fifth died as a baby.
Her sister also had two illegitimate kids that they took in. Very kind parents, I'm sure a lot would have turned them away much sooner.

Yes, sorry. I found it on FindMyPast but its 1841 in Wincham, Great Budsworth, Northwich, Cheshire, England. William Buckley, 25, is at the bottom of the left hand page with his wife Martha and 1 yo daughter Mary at top of next page.

Can anyone decipher what the very bottom occupation is?? The other above look like Smith and the bottom a bit like miner but I can't be sure.

Hi, sorry I've not given any more details.  I know I've already said this and I'm sorry if you think I'm going on but I'm just overwhelmed and flattered at all the support I've received with this and how much research everyone's been doing. So thank you!!

Anyway, I've attached a photograph of the marriage certificate. The witnesses are Catherine Head and John William Wells. I did search them but only found that John William Wells was another lodger in the area and later owned his own lodging house so I assume they were just friends...?

Re death certificate, a cousin does have a copy and I've emailed her asking for it so hopefully I can tell you more soon.

Just a note, on the marriage record, their ages don't really seem to add up, Henry is supposedly 33 and Rebecca is 32. However, through the same cousin, I know Rebecca was born 13 Nov 1850 so would have been 33.

Hi, I'm brand new so am not too sure what I am doing, so apologies for any mistakes. I have been doing quite a lot of family history lately, largely on Find My Past but also on Ancestry.

 I've hit a brick wall with my great-great-grandfather Henry Williams, on my mum's side.
I have him on the 1901 and 1911 censuses as born in Birmingham in 1849 but in 1891 it says he was from Shrewsbury?! He is down as a labourer but also a lodging house keeper(as his wife Rebecca already had a lodging house when they got married in 1884) and a coal miner at one point so no specific trade. On the marriage certificate he has labeled his father as Thomas Williams, a labourer. I assume he was still alive in 1884 as it does not say deceased but of course I can't be certain.
I also have no idea when he died. His past child to be married was in March 1915 and he is not down as deceased so I assume he is still alive at that point. His wife died in 1919 and their son John Albert (my ) is living at the lodging house in 1921 but Henry is nowhere to be found. He is also not with any of his kids or stepkids and no Henry Williams in the surrounding area fits the bill, even with a 20 mile radius. I assume he died between 1915 and 1921 but none of the death records really fit and I have no way to verify them anyway.
I have looked at baptisms and censuses around Birmingham and Shrewsbury but there are so many possibilities and I have no way to distinguish between them.
Does anybody have ANY idea where I can go from here??

(Sorry for the really long message!)